Many say it, but they are quick to play it down. Are we all afraid of seeming 1) hard to work with? 2) Lazy? or 3) Weak? Because addressing the fact that an activity is challenging (or even frustrating) might (according to the most critical part of our minds) negatively impact how we think…
Tag: Writing
(Updated) Hi. I probably am a journal hoarder.
Because yesterday I finally spent yet more money buying journals I don’t “need,” and a calligraphy nib for my favorite fountain pen, I decided to document my beloved mini collection of journals. For the record (aka of course), most of them are unused. This is going to be a (more) boring (than usual), self-indulgent post,…
Sunday versus Monday
It’s Sunday night again, which means that tomorrow *an orc war horn blows in the near distance* will be Monday. And so we all (or most of us, I guess) will head back to our day jobs for the next five days, and waste away our precious time doing stuff we couldn’t care less about. After…
Weekend dread, hope, and guilt
There is a quote on how writers have homework every night for the rest of their lives. That burden is real, beautiful, and hefty. Since I started to write again, I have no rest. Every spare minute of my life is spent working on my current book, thinking about it, plotting in my mind and,…